Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

"PATCH PANTS THE TAILOR"

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

PAPER, INK

No. Pieces

3

Length

25.5

Width

21.3

Description

A. BOOK COVER, 25.5 CM L X 21.3 CM W. DETACHED FRONT BOOK COVER WITH BLACK SPINE; COVER HAS IMAGE OF BLUE AND BROWN SNOW-COVERED BRICK WALL, WITH GREEN LEAVES IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER, AND BLACK CHAIN WITH BROWN, WOODEN HANGING SIGN IN THE CENTER; SIGN HAS RED, GREEN, AND BLUE TEXT “PATCH PANTS” AND BROWN TEXT “THE TAILOR”. BACK OF COVER HAS IMAGE OF BLACK CAR IN FRONT OF A SNOW-COVERED BRICK WALL AND WINDOW WITH TEXT “TAILOR SHOP”, WITH MANNEQUIN WEARING A BROWN SUIT SHIRT, TIE, JACKET, AND HAT IN WINDOW, AND A BROWN CAT RUNNING IN STREET. COVER IS WORN; SPINE IS TORN AND FRAYING; OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. B. BOOK PAGES, 24.7 CM L X 20.3 CM W. BOOK PAGES DETACHED FROM FRONT AND BACK COVERS; PAGES ARE CONNECTED. FRONT PAGE HAS IMAGE OF RED DOOR ON BLUE AND BROWN SNOW-COVERED BRICK BUILDING; DOOR HAS BROWN SIGN HANGING ABOVE WITH RED, GREEN, BLUE, AND BROWN TEXT “PATCH PANTS, THE TAILOR”; DOOR HAS GLASS WINDOW WITH WHITE CURTAINS, BLINDS, AND SIGN WITH BLACK TEXT “COME IN”. IMAGE SHOWS BLACK AND WHITE DOG RUNNING IN STREET; IMAGE HAS A WHITE FENCE BESIDE BUILDING AND A BLACK STREET LAMP. UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF PAGE HAS PENCIL TEXT “U9, 858.A, 59”. INSIDE FIRST PAGES HAS RED AND WHITE LABEL WITH BLUE, HANDWRITTEN TEXT “MRS. B. JENSEN” AND ERASED TEXT “CATHERINE”. BACK OF PAGES HAS THE SAME CAR, CAT, AND BUILDING IMAGE AS INSIDE THE FRONT COVER [SEE .A]. PAGES ARE YELLOWED; SPINE OF ATTACHED PAGES IS WORN; CORNERS HAVE CREASING; OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. C. BOOK COVER, 25.5 CM L X 21 CM W. DETACHED BACK BOOK COVER SEPARATED AT THE SPINE. INSIDE OF COVER HAS THE SAME “PATCH PANTS” DOOR AND DOG IMAGE AS THE BACK OF THE PAGES [SEE .B]. BACK OF COVER HAS IMAGE OF BLUE AND BROWN SNOW-COVERED BRICK WALL, WITH GREEN LEAVES EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER LEFT AND RIGHT CORNERS. BACK COVER IS WORN AT CORNERS; SPINE IS WORN, TORN, AND CREASED; OVERALL GOOD CONDITION.

Subjects

TOY

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

LEISURE

EDUCATION

History

ON FEBRUARY 5, 2019, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED BARB CAVERS REGARDING HER DONATION OF ITEMS FROM HER HOME AND TEACHING CAREER. ON THE “PATCH PANTS” BOOK, CAVERS RECALLED, “THIS IS ‘PATCH PANTS, THE TAILOR’…IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1947. I WAS BORN IN 1946…THE COLORS IN IT ARE BEAUTIFUL. THEY LOOK LIKE WATERCOLORS, AND I JUST REMEMBER BEING REALLY DRAWN. THE STORY WAS FUN, BUT I WAS JUST REALLY DRAWN TO THE PICTURES IN THE BOOK…THERE WERE CANNIBALS IN IT, AND A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.” “I’M ASSUMING THAT MY MOTHER BOUGHT IT, BECAUSE IF COUSINS, OR AUNTS, OR UNCLES BOUGHT BOOKS (WHICH THEY DID FROM TIME TO TIME) THEY WOULD ALWAYS WRITE IN THEM…” “WHEN I WAS FIRST MARRIED WE LIVED IN A FAIRLY SMALL APARTMENT [IN 1968]…I HAD THE RECORDS BECAUSE I KNOW I USED THEM IN MY FIRST FEW YEARS OF TEACHING…[I] PROBABLY HAD THE BOOKS AS WELL, BECAUSE I PROBABLY TOOK THEM. I TOOK ALL OF MY OWN PERSONAL BOOKS AND RECORDS INTO THE CLASSROOM AND USED THEM. THE MUSIC BOX, I NEVER WOULD HAVE TAKEN TO SCHOOL…I MAY HAVE GOT THEM ALL WHEN I GOT MARRIED, AND MY MOTHER MIGHT HAVE SAID, ‘HERE.’” CAVERS ELABORATED ON HER CHILDHOOD LOVE FOR READING, NOTING, “I DON’T REMEMBER BEING READ TO AT BEDTIME. I’M SURE WE WERE. I WAS AN EARLY READER, AND A VORACIOUS READER. I READ EVERYTHING I COULD GET MY HANDS ON. THE ONLY TIME I REALLY REMEMBER MY MOTHER READING WAS WHEN WE TRAVELED ONE YEAR DOWN TO COEUR D’ALENE AND SPOKANE, AND SHE WAS READING ‘THE SECRET GARDEN’ TO US IN THE CAR, AND THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD SO WE OFTEN WERE STOPPED FOR A WHILE, SO THE BOOK WOULD COME OUT. I REMEMBER JUST BEING THRILLED, BECAUSE MY FATHER WOULD ALWAYS JUST KIND OF ROLL HIS EYES, AND LIKE ‘HERE WE GO; MARY IN THE GARDEN.’ THEN WE GOT HOME, AND WE’D BEEN HOME FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND HE SAID TO ME, ‘SO, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT LITTLE GIRL?’ AND, I SAID, ‘AHH HA, VICTORY!’ HE WAS INTO THE STORY. SO, SHE DID READ TO US. AS OLDER CHILDREN THAT WAS KIND OF SPECIAL, BUT I DON’T RECALL BEING READ TO AS A YOUNGER CHILD, THOUGH I’M SURE IT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. WE HAD A COLLECTION OF BOOKS—THE SERIES CALLED ‘JOURNEYS THROUGH BOOKLAND’, AND I THINK THERE WERE 12 VOLUMES, AND I DON’T KNOW IF I STILL HAVE IT OR IF I GAVE IT AWAY, BUT THE FIRST VOLUME HAD THE NURSERY RHYTHMS AND THE FAIRY TALES…THE PAGES ARE FALLING OUT, SO I WOULD HAVE READ THOSE TO MYSELF AFTERWARDS…[READING] WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO MY MOTHER.” “I WOULD HAVE READ MY BOOKS TO [MY CHILDREN]. I DID READ QUITE A BIT TO THEM, AS I RECALL, ANYWAY. I’D HAVE TO SEE IF THEY SHARE THAT SAME RECOLLECTION.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES AND THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20190005001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P20190005018

Acquisition Date

2019-02

Collection

Museum

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